Empowering Early Childhood Development.Why 0-3?
Baby Brain Science 1 million neural connections per second. That’s how quickly a child’s brain is developing between birth and age three. Infants and toddlers are ready to absorb new information, environments, and love from their caregivers. Those earliest days, weeks, and months are at the core of ZERO TO THREE’s work as the premier…
Message in a Backpack™. Sparking Playful Learning with Your Child
Children learn through play and exploration. By adopting a few approaches from your child’s early learning setting, you can spark joyful, engaged learning at home. Offer Open-Ended Materials Open-ended materials have many different uses and lend themselves to joyful, engaged learning. There’s not one (or right) way to use them, which is why they engage children’s…
8 Fun Ways to Help Kids Learn Patterns
From building with blocks to exploring nature, kids have lots of chances to notice — and create — patterns. We experience patterns in math, science, literacy, music, and even arts and crafts! Recognizing patterns helps kids make predictions about what comes next (or figure out what’s missing). Encouraging play with patterns is also a great…